literature and the war

An in-depth study guide to American author Ernest Hemingway's novel "A Farewell to Arms" that provides a brief Hemingway biography, a plot summary, a textual history, a bibliographical essay, and discussion of the work's contexts, themes, issues, characters, language, style, and reception.

Examines the experiences of World War I soldiers who used their poetry to express the horrors of warfare, and explores the historical, political, and social background which shaped the poetry of the war.

Presents critical essays on Joseph Heller's "Catch-22" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.

A study of the mid-century American novel with critical commentary that encompasses the political literature of the 1930s, the beat movement of the 1950s, and the multicultural literature of the 1960s.

Contemporary paintings by war artists, cartoons, memorabilia, and photographs accompany poems by great poets of the 1914-1918 War.